MOTOR SPORT: CRAIG Jones finished an incident-packed 11th round of the British Supersport Championship in a creditable eighth place.

However, the Green-bank driver's Triumph ValMoto team-mate Jim Moodie was not so lucky - exiting the Brands Hatch race on lap two courtesy of a terminal front-end slide.

Although encouraging, Jones' result did not do justice to his performance.

He remained consistently quick throughout the 28-lap race and was even able to get within one tenth of a second of his best qualifying time on more than one occasion on race tyres.

After getting a good start from 15th on the grid, he powered his way up to a peak position of seventh but soon found that he was struggling for grip. Despite his best efforts, he was unable to hold off the attack of Kim Ashkenazi and Shane Norval but did exceptionally well to maintain eighth position until the chequered flag.

'My tyre went off after about five or six laps,' explained Jones. 'I had some real big slides at the start, but nothing to worry about. Initial grip was good but when I tried to make up some ground, the rear started spinning up everywhere and I couldn't maintain the pace.

'However, my championship position is more secure now and I could still pick up a few places at the final round.'

Jones is next in action in the final round at Donington Park on September 26 to 28. DANNY Buxton drives in front of his home crowd at Oulton Park this weekend. Hartford-based Buxton switched from the Clio Cup to Touring Cars with Peugeot-Halfords halfway through the season, and he completes the Green Flag Championship, alas, without a direct say in the out-come which is between leader Yvan Muller and James Thompson.